Secondly, while the notion of «surgical» air strikes, and «precision - guided» weaponry lends itself to the impression that
air campaigns carry minimal risks to civilians on the ground, this is clearly not the case.
The Lancer — which
carries 75,000 pounds, roughly 5,000 pounds more in weapons than the B - 52 — deployed the most weapons of any aircraft involved in the
campaign before its departure, according to statistics provided to
Air Force Times last March.